New Piper Wing Spar AD Affects 5,400 Aircraft Owners of Piper PA-28 and PA-32 models have been hit with a series of airworthiness directives over the last year, […] Read this article
Pipistrel Launches Electric Aircraft Maintenance School Recognizing that most A&P schools have little to nothing to say about electric aircraft, Pipistrel, which is currently building the […] Read this article
Bell 412 Passes 40-Year Mark Bell’s 412 utility helicopter is entering its 40th year of service this month with more than 6.5 million flight hours […] Read this article
Transport Canada To Approve 737 MAX This Week Transport Canada is set to allow the commercial return of the Boeing 737 MAX this week. The agency published an […] Read this article
Honda Opens New Production Facility Honda Aircraft Company has officially begun operations at its newly opened wing production and service parts facility. The 83,100-square-foot building […] Read this article
Homebuilt Accidents: The Pilot’s Condition Flying any aircraft—homebuilt or not—requires the pilot to be alert. The person at the stick has to have their brain firing on all cylinders. But occasionally they don’t. Read this article
Civility Shouldn't Require Enforcement The FAA and the airlines are developing a short fuse in handling unruly passengers. It should never have come to this. Read this article
Insurance Roundtable After years of soft premiums, the insurance market is turning harder. That means higher rates and insurability issues for aging pilots. Plus, your choice of aircraft can have serious ramifications for the cost and type of insurance coverage you can get—if you can even get the coverage you need. In this long-form video, Aviation Consumer's Larry Anglisano discusses the issues with three insurance professionals. Read this article
Short Final: Throwing Out The Anchor At the end of a five‑hour final leg of a cross‑country trip from the West Coast to Michigan, I was […] Read this article
General Aviation Accident Bulletin AVweb’s General Aviation Accident Bulletin is taken from the pages of our sister publication, Aviation Safety magazine. All the reports […] Read this article
